Flat-iron heater.



No; 682,362. Patented Sept. I0, 190:.

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FLAT IRON HEATER.

. (Application filed Apr. 8, 1901.) (No Model.)

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CARL AXEL LANDGREN, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.

FLAT-"IRON H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,362, datedSeptember 10, 1901. Application filed April 8, 1901. Serial No. 54,823.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL AXEL LANDGREN,

residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flat lron Heaters, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for heating fiat-ironsand analogous implements.

The invention relates especially to a device adapted to be employed witha gas-stove or with a coal or wood stove; and it consists in a generalway of a box-like construction having convenient facilities forreceiving and holdin g the flat-irons and retaining the heat therein andabout the fiat-irons, whereby they are readily and quickly heated.

The invention consists of the devices and their combinations as hereindescribed and claimed or the equivalents thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved fiat-ironheater, the top and side door at one side being open, exposing theinterior construction. Fig. 2 is a front view of the heater. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectionon line 4 l of Fig. 2.

Myimproved heater is constructed chiefly and advisably entirely ofmetal, and mostly of sheet metahpreferably of steel.

In the drawings, 5 is an open frame, advisably rectangular in form andpreferably constructed of angle iron or steel, which serves as astiffening-frame and as a base for the complete device. The side walls 6of the heater are made of sheet metal advisably secured to the outersurface of the frame 5 by being riveted thereto. These side walls '6inclose three sides of the heater, the wall of the heater at the frontbeing formed of one or more doors 7, also of sheet metal, hinged attheir respec: tive outer edges to the wall 6 conveniently by means ofsheet-metal lugs 8 in angular form, riveted to the side walls, andhaving a face projecting laterally in the plane of the doors whenclosed, which in this position form the closed wall of the heater at thefront. These doors are held to a closed position yieldingly bycoiled-wire torsional springs 9. The doors 7 are made to close againstthe front edge of the frame 5 and also against the front edges of thedoors or covers 10.

A sheet-metal removable'fioor l1 fits in the heater and rests on theinwardly-turned flange of the angle-iron frame 5, which forms a ledgetherefor. When employed with a gas-stove, this floor-11 is preferablyperforated, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4c, and when the heateris to beemployed with a coal or wood stove the floor may be non-perforated or atight sheet-metal floor. When this heater is of such size that it isdesirable to have a plurality of covers 10,a sup porting-standard 12 isprovided, preferably consisting of a metal strap secured at its ends tothe floor 11 and carried upwardly there from and across over the floorat such height therefrom as adapts it to serve as a support on which theotherwise unsupported edge or edges of the covers 10 can rest. A ledge13,

advisably consisting of an angle-iron secured the flat-irons are placedon the floor 11 for being heated. The covers 10 are hinged to the wall6, conveniently by a pivot-rod inserted through holes thereforin the endwalls, the sheet metal of the covers being turned over about the rod,forming a hinge. The covers 10 are advisably provided with ringhandles15, hinged on the upper surfaces of the covers, and each cover isadvisably provided with a leg 16, secured thereto near its front edge.medially of its length, adapted when the cover is let down to rest onthe floor 11-. The heater is also advisably provided with wire -hingedhandles 17 on the ends thereof.

As the fiat-irons have handles that project upwardly some littledistance above the bodies of the irons and as itis desirable that thesehandles shall not be heated more than is necessary, the covers 10 arelocated at such distance above the floor 11 as to permit of the bodiesof the irons being in the chamber of the heater while the handles areabove the covers, and for this purpose slots 18 18 are provided in thecovers 10, extending from their front edges inwardly and rearwardlysufficient-1y far to permit of the flat-irons being pushed into thechamber of the heater entirely, while the handles extend upwardlythrough these slots. For covering when the irons are not in the heaterso much of the illner portions of these slots as is required for thehandles of the irons when the irons are in place in the chamberslot-covers 19 19 are employed, which consist of strips of sheet metalpivoted at their rear ends on the covers and adapted normally to rest onthe covers over the slots, being held in position yieldingly by springs20 20. Pins 21 21 in the covers 10 prevent the slot-covers from beingpushed by the springs beyond the slots. The front free ends of theslot-covers 19 are beveled off laterally, so that when the handle of aflat-iron being pushed into the chamber contacts against the end of theslot-cover it will be forced laterally away from over the slot by thewedging action of the handle against the slot-cover.

The flat-irons are placed in the heater by opening a door 7 and pushingthe flat-iron .into the chamber, the handle of the flat-iron projectingup through a slot 18 and entering the slot to a distance from the frontend of the heater. In this position a portion of the slot 18 beyond thehandle of the flat-iron would normally be open; but for closing thisportion of the slots slot-closers 22 22 are provided, which consist'ofsheet-metal projecting pieces that are secured to the inner surface ofthe doors 7 and which are so located that when the doors are closed theypass into the chamber just beneath the covers 10, thereby serving toclose the portions of the slots 18 that are not occupied by the handlesof the flat-irons. Also these slot-closers 22 are advisably extendedlaterally adjacent to the door 7, whereby ledges are formed which aresubstantially a part of the slot-closers, on which the otherwise freeedges of the covers 10 may rest when the doors 7 are closed. 23 23 areknobs secured to the door 7 for conveniently opening and closing them.

If heaters embodying myinvention are constructed in a large or doubleform similar to the heater shown in the drawings, it may be desirable toreduce the chamber in size, so as to adapt the heater for use over asingle burner or hole in a stove, and for this purpose I provide apartition 24, which is advisably hinged at its rear edge to the standard12 and is of such size and form that when it is swung across the chamberalongside the standard 12 it serves as a partition dividing the chamberinto two parts, one of which may be used alone.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A fiat-iron heat-er in the form of achamher and comprising, a rectangular frame of angle-iron adapted torest on a flat support and forming alaterally-projectingledge,sheetmetalside walls secured rigidly to the frame at three sides thereof, one ormore doors hinged to the adjacent side walls so as to swing laterallyclosing the fourth or front side of the chamber, a perforated removablebottom resting on the angle-iron frame, and a sheetmetal cover hinged tothe rear rigid wall of the chamber and adapted to swing upwardly.

2. In combination in a fiat-iron heater, side walls including a sidedoor, a removable floor, a hinged cover provided with a slot for thehandle of a fiat-iron, a spring-actuated cover over the slot the end ofthe slot-cover being beveled, and a slot-closer fixed on the dooradapted when the door is closed to close a portion'of said slot in thecover of the heater.

3. In combination in a flat-iron heater, side walls provided with aframe, a ledge around near the bottom, doors in and forminga part of theside walls, springs normally closing the doors, slot-closers on thedoors, a removable floor, a cover-supporting standard on the floormedially, slotted covers adapted to swing upwardly, and slot-covershaving beveled ends.

4. In'combination in a flat-iron heater, side walls including aplurality of doors, a removable bottom provided with a cover-supportingstandard, covers at a distance above the floor and a partition hinged tothe standard adapted to be swung across the chamber of the heaterdividing it into two parts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL AXEL LANDGREN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. PETERSON, J. A. WENBERG.

